flowering tree
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- noun
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árbol floreciente
- A child in a little red jacket was sitting in the swing in the yard next door; a clean, brisk wind blew through the flowering trees.
- native flowering tree
- small flowering tree
- spring flowering tree
Examples
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I followed him to a grassy clearing in the flowering trees where the sun was haphazardly strewn across the ground.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Judas tree is a flowering tree of the same family as the redbud.
Academic text (2008) -
I came to on the grass under a flowering tree.
Fiction book (2001) -
We walk and we speak beneath the blue flowering trees and do not think.
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Taking them outside, they sat on a bench beneath a beautiful flowering tree of a species neither one recognized.
Fiction book (1991) -
Try this technique on individual or clusters of flowering trees, such as cherry or apple blossoms.
Academic text (1996) -
The grounds were landscaped with gorgeous flowering trees and bushes.
Fiction book (1991) -
During the flowering season, these flowering tree species attract a variety of insects, sunbirds, spider-hunters, and flower-peckers that feed on nectar and hunt for insects.
Academic text (2015) -
Crape myrtles, a thirsty flowering tree native to Asia, make up a significant percentage of L.A.'s street trees, as do Liquidambar, or sweet gum, native to the perpetually sodden hills of North Carolina.
Blog text (19) -
The park is filled with flowering trees that bloom beautifully in spring.
Synonyms
A tree that makes flowers and has seeds inside fruit
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a tree that produces flowers' is directly and transparently composed from 'flowering' (bearing blossoms) + 'tree' (a perennial woody plant). This adjective+noun composition is regular in English and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Flowering tree gives a clear picture: a flowering tree covered in bright flowers in spring, with bees visiting and then fruit or seeds appearing. That's why it means 'a tree that has flowers'.